Powell River → Pender Harbour
WNW 13–22 kn, strong breeze · sea 20.4°C · cabin 20.3°C
under way 08:07 — 12:37 · 4.5 hours on passage
Captain's Log
16:00
Left Powell River approx 8am and had an amazing downwind sail, regularly hitting 8 knots all the way home. Wind blowing from the north started around 10-15 and built to 15-20 kts. Planning to be home for a night before heading on to Vancouver.
First Mate's Log
08:00
Dinner at home. Parents cooked tonkatsu and panko prawns. Steph and Christoph bbq'd salmon.
The Numbers
Powell River to Pender Harbour, 25.9 NM made good — 24.9 sailed, only 1.0 motored. A classic north-wind downwind run: WNW 13-22 kn astern, regularly hitting 8 kn with a max of 8.5. 4.2h under sail, avg moving 5.8 kn. Engine now at 866.0h, 0.8 L fuel. Home for a night before heading on to Vancouver.
Forecast — Strait of Georgia - north of Nanaimo
“Wind: Wind northwest 5 to 15 knots increasing to northwest 15 to 20 this afternoon then diminishing to northwest 5 to 15 late overnight. Wind increasing to northwest 15 to 20 Monday evening.. Weather: Scattered showers ending this afternoon.”
under sail · under power ·
from Powell River to Pender Harbour
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